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Template

Hi Ganeshk. I'm afraid I messed up Template:Taxonomy/Vetigastropoda while trying to change the automatic taxobox of Circlotoma. This genus has moved to another family in another superfamily. ‎Can you undo my changes to the template and put the taxobox of Circlotoma in order ? The taxobox should read as follows: Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Truncatelloidea (Superfamily) > Tornidae (Family). And while you're at it, can you also make the stubs for the missing articles in this genus ? Thanks. JoJan (talk) 15:58, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi JoJan, To fix Circlotoma the way you want it, we will have to make Caenogastropoda the parent of Littorinimorpha instead of Hypsogastropoda. Is that correct? — Ganeshk (talk) 03:48, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't know why you have to skip one clade, but essentially it still remains correct. The template of Circlotoma now states Cyclostrematidae as parent instead of Tornidae. JoJan (talk) 07:58, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
JoJan, okay. I have fixed it now. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:12, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

The Template:Taxonomy/Margaritinae has to be changed, as Margaritinae has become the family Margaritidae, within the superfamily Trochoidea. JoJan (talk) 18:06, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

This is done. — Ganeshk (talk) 03:48, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

I have also changed in you absence the Template:Taxonomy/Gazidae, as Gazidae has become a synonym of Margaritidae. Did I do this correctly ? JoJan (talk) 08:02, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that was good. — Ganeshk (talk) 11:52, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you

Hi Ganesh, Thank you for inviting me to Wiki project India. I am relatively new to wiki, but I am interested in making Wiki better. Regards Sunaina Kunju (talk) 16:17, 4 August 2013 (UTC) Sunaina Hi Ganesh, I have modified the article Thalassery biryani as guided by you, to improve its quality. Please have a look at it. Also I need your help. The article got a disambiguation tag which I resolved but 

http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dablinks.py?page=Thalassery_biryani

A link reverting back issue could not be resolved. Do you have any way in which this can be resolved? There is another link named Thalassery biriyani for Thalassery biryani, this could be mainly because of the pronunciation differences of different people. So please help if possible. Thanks and Regards--Sunaina Kunju (talk) 12:04, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

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Ganeshbot

Hi, Ganesh. I'm starting to work on the family Liotiidae and I see that there is a lot of work to do for the Ganeshbot. A number of genera and a lot of species have no articles yet. The Template:Taxonomy/Circumstella and the Template:Taxonomy/Cyclostrema have to be changed to come in accordance with the family Liotiidae. The Template:Taxonomy/Cyclostrematidae has to be changed in Template:Taxonomy/Liotiidae as Cyclostrematidae has become a synonym of Liotiidae. I have made some changes to these templates, but I can't make them right somehow. If there are some points in the taxonomy you don't understand, please contact me. There is some urgency. Thanks. JoJan (talk) 15:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

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Talkback template

Will you mind if I add back the notification template code at WT:INB. That is regularly needed at WT:INB. See Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#84_kosi_parikrama and few other recent discussions. Code at the top helps in quick copy pasting. --Tito☸Dutta 11:03, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi @Titodutta:, have you tried the new Notifications? It is the easier way to notify others about a discussion on any page. I just pinged you to this discussion using {{reply to}}. If you still see a need for those (ugly :) talk back templates, I don't mind you adding them back to WT:INB. Thanks for asking. — Ganeshk (talk) 11:32, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks a lot, I'll add back the code. That is more Indianized and more personalized. For example, see the code and look:
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WikiProject India recent works

Hello Ganeshk, as (most probably) I have done and doing some works related WikiProject India in recent few months, recently after starting few esays, I thought to create Wikipedia:WikiProject India/What's New. Since you have been editing for a long time here. Can you please check and/or add other recent WikiProject India related works? (specially of last 1 year)? (Note: I have not mentioned any editor's name there, like "This essay was started by User:A, it is WikiProject India work, that's all"). You can check and assess the very recent works too (from June onwards)--Tito☸Dutta 23:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi @Titodutta:, it looks good. Sorry, I have not been following India project happenings that closely to add something to the page. AshLin would be right contact for that. — Ganeshk (talk) 00:00, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Re: Noorpur

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WLL in Athens

I added the date and location to the WP:WLL page. I figured that could be useful for anyone seeking an event, even if we don't send specific invitations until closer to the time. LadyofShalott 15:17, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Good idea. Thanks @LadyofShalott:. — Ganeshk (talk) 09:46, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Discreliotia and Tornidae

Hi Ganesh.

1) Can you change the template of the genus and the species in Discreliotia, because they now belong in the family Tornidae instead of Liotiidae.

 Done

2) The template of Tornidae is no longer exact. It should read : Gastropoda -> Caenogastropoda -> Littorinimorpha -> Truncatelloidea - > Tornidae. I suppose this will have an implication on the existing templates of all the genera and species in Tornidae. At the same time, could you also fill in the missing articles in Tornidae. This is just too much to do manually. Thanks. JoJan (talk) 15:19, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done @JoJan: I will work on the missing articles over the weekend. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:08, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Crosseolidae

Another request. Can you make a template for the new family Crosseolidae (Gastropoda --> Vetigastropoda (unassigned) --> Crosseola) and adapt (or make) the templates of the involved genera and species ? (see: WoRMS: Crosseolidae). Thanks. JoJan (talk) 17:19, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

@JoJan:  Done. I have created the templates for the family and the genera. My PC is down due to a bad storage drive. It will be some time before I can run the bot again. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:11, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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WikiProject Swami Vivekananda

Could you please add Wikipedia:WikiProject Swami Vivekananda in {{WikiProject India}}? Tito☸Dutta 15:33, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi @Titodutta: I am not sure why you would want to make it a taskforce under the India project. I would suggest creating a stand-alone template, {{WikiProject Swami Vivekananda}}. Agree? — Ganeshk (talk) 20:59, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

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CSVLoader on Wiktionary

Hi Ganeshk,

I'm trying to create some pages on the Romanian Wiktionary using AWB and CSVLoader. I've tried to follow the your walkthrough for creating new pages, and I've used actually the same CSV and settings (just changed the user in the CSV). The list is loaded successfully, but no content is generated on the pages when I click Start - there is no text in the Edit box, and pages are not saved because there is no change.

Can you take a look? Maybe I'm missing a setting. The CSV and AVB settings you can download from here: http://www.fileshare.ro/e29891287

Thank you very much for this development and for support! Phaneb (talk) 11:52, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi @Phaneb: I used your settings file and input file to create User:Ganeshk/sandbox/ro/Chilakaluripet. It worked fine. Can you post step by step screenshots (upload to Commons) on what you were doing? That will help me troubleshoot the problem. Also, please give me AWB access on Romanian wiktionary. — Ganeshk (talk) 16:18, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I have created a Word document with the steps and screenshots, that you can download from here: http://www.fileshare.ro/e29895257
I can't give you AWB access on the Romanian wiktionary as I'm not an administrator - I'm just a regular user with AWB access (maybe that is the issue). I can ask the administrators to give you access if you need.
Thanks, Regards, Phaneb (talk) 11:53, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
@Phaneb:, simple fix. Update the text file to use Utilizator: instead of User:. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:31, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
It works! Thanks a lot! 188.25.157.215 (talk) 17:12, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Vetigastropoda (unassigned)

Hi Ganesh. I see that your computer is up and running again. Could you take a look at Vetigastropoda (unassigned) and change the templates for the families, genera and species from Vetigastropoda --> Vetigastropoda (unassigned) ? If necessary, make new templates for the genera and species.

At the moment, I'm working on Skeneidae, a family recently promoted from the rank of subfamily Skeneinae. All templates in this family need upgrading to Skeneidae. Perhaps you can also make new templates for the existing genera and the species, as there are many.

There is no rush, as I'm leaving on a trip abroad in a couple of days and will be available again after 13 October. Thanks. JoJan (talk) 15:24, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

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CSVLoader

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Hi Ganesh, I've been trying to create articles on Hindi Wikipedia by using AWB with CSVLoader, but due to some reason it's not working there. It gives a view but skip to next article in list without creating any article. I'd really appreciate your help. — Bill william comptonTalk 15:13, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi @Bill william compton:, please check the Skip setting on the Skip tab. Make sure it is not set to skip pages that do not exist. — Ganeshk (talk) 17:00, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
I've tried both the options (Exists and Don't care) but no success. — Bill william comptonTalk 17:56, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
@Bill william compton:, please post some screeshots and the text file that you are uploading. — Ganeshk (talk) 18:11, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Uncheck skip when only genfixes are made. I will need the AWB settings file and the input file so that I can run it. — Ganeshk (talk) 18:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Csv file and settings. — Bill william comptonTalk 18:29, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
@Bill william compton:Can you copy paste the content both the files on Wikipedia pages (sandbox under your user page)? The Speedy is looking for me to download an EXE app. As for the input file, I was not able to extract the Hindi text from the pdf file. — Ganeshk (talk) 00:51, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Oh, I thought it would work. Settings and csv file. — Bill william comptonTalk 05:01, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
@Bill william compton: Sorry for the delay in getting this resolved. I am having trouble displaying Hindi characters on CSVLoader/Notepad in my Windows XP. The chacters display as squares. Do you have any ideas? — Ganeshk (talk) 16:04, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
It's okay. We all have real life to deal with sometimes :) Read this, it might help. — Bill william comptonTalk 16:52, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
@Bill william compton: No luck with my XP. I am planning to buy new Windows 8 desktop shortly. This will have to wait until then. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:36, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Try creating any article at hiwiki. — Bill william comptonTalk 18:24, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

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Templates

Hi Ganesh. I think I have botched up some templates. It concerns the Template:Taxonomy/Skeneidae which I tried to derive from Template:Taxonomy/Turbinidae (both are in the same superfamily Trochoidea), but somehow, an article such as Liocarinia disjuncta doesn't show the family Skeneidae in the Speciesbox. And I'm afraid all other Speciesboxes in Skeneidae show the family Skeneidae but may actually be linked to the template for Turbinidae. Can you help me out of this mess and can you make the templates for the genera in Skeneidae ? Thanks. JoJan (talk) 08:04, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

@JoJan: Fixed. You missed adding the rank, Familia to the Skeneidae template. — Ganeshk (talk) 10:36, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
I did, but, strangely enough, it showed up three times in the taxobox ! JoJan (talk) 12:41, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Why did you change Turbinidae template to point to Skeneidae? — Ganeshk (talk) 10:39, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
The family Skeneidae is a polyphyletic assemblage (in other words: a mess) and will probably be split up into other families in the coming years. Therefore it is important that all the genera and species should have their own automatic taxobox, otherwise the manual work involved would be enormous (about 2,000 species). I tried to create the missing templates, starting from the template for Turbinidae as an example to work further on, but, as I said, I made a mess of it. I still don't understand this process very well. Can you look at the missing articles for species and genera in Skeneidae and create them ? JoJan (talk) 12:38, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
The Template:Taxonomy/Turbinidae still shows in the left box : Skeneidae (instead of Turbinidae) and in the main box (family) Margaritidae (instead of Turbinidae). These are also my mistakes. JoJan (talk) 12:45, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
@JoJan:, I have fixed them all. I have changed parent parameter on all the genus templates to Skeneidae. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:31, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

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About CSVLoader

I dont't understand how to use your plugin. You explained bad in your tutorial:)

I need to create categories for stadiums by country (on other wikipedia). I created text file and i wrote in it: 

Category:Stadiums in Albania‎, Albania
Category:Stadiums in Andorra‎, Andorra


Then, in this window, in column headers i put 

##article##,##country##


and in textarea I wrote 

[[:Category:Stadiums by country|##country##]]


[[:Category:Sport in ##country##]]

Running AWB, nothing happened. Where i made mistake? Your tutorial/Walkthrough is not explained good enough. XXN (talk) 00:00, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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Request for the Review of Content in Spam-whitelist Page

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My name is Srikanth. I am Contributing to English version of Wiki since One and half Year. I am in a Trouble sir :( i.e., I added The content to the Page : MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist#filmgola.com.2Fmovie.2F 3 Weeks ago (Approx.,). But Sadly no User nor Admin Replied to that content. So that i am Requesting you, that If you have Free time, Please See that Content and Give your Reply (or) If you are O.K. with that Content then Please Allow it Sir . Actually i have Requested Some Admins but they Suggested me to ask Other Admin(s). So i am Eagerly Waiting for your Response sir. Thank you for Reading this Patiently :)

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CSVLoader won't create articles

Hi, i need to create categories. But CSVL don't work for me:(
Look at my issues:

Collumn header separator is comma, in AWB skip option is settled if page exist. I dont understand why it doesn't work. :(

--XXN (talk) 23:57, 11 December 2013 (UTC) Maybe problem is in that i don't have the bot flag? If i CSV don't work without bot flag please remove this thing: it's my problem if i will be banned, but before of all i must test the bot (50 test articles created), and with this problem i can't do this. XXN (talk) 13:09, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year 2014

Dear Ganesh,

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I wish you a Happy New Year, everything good for your family, your loved ones and yourself, peace and joy for all the people of the world. I also wish a joyful and peaceful expansion for Wikipedia; may our encyclopedia make information and education available, without charge, to everyone in the world.
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Good contributions to Tamil info on Wiki Tgrbengal (talk) 23:00, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

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A question about CSVLoader

Hi, I wanted to let you know I left a question about CSVLoader on its talk page. Specifically about the auto-capitalization of target article names, perhaps you could make the earlier version (1.0.0.14. I think) available for download? Neitrāls vārds (talk) 21:47, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello Ganeshk ! On the same subjet, I'd like to know if you plan to fix the problem with CSVLoader. This plugin looks great for what I need to do on 36,600 articles on French Wikipedia and I am a little disappointed not to be able to use it. Thank you by advance. — S t a r u s – ¡Dímelo! – 21:28, 12 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starus (talk • contribs)
Hi @Starus:, what is the problem you are running into? Can you please explain? Thanks. — Ganeshk (talk) 06:41, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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List of Governors of Tamil Nadu

Hi Ganesh, would you be interested in taking this list to FLC? —Vensatry (ping) 06:19, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi @Vensatry:, not at this time. Busy in RL. Thanks for the offer. — Ganeshk (talk) 02:48, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
No issues. Ping me when you get back to editing —Vensatry (ping) 11:05, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Old Hinduism COTW

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Edit box empty

Hi Ganeshk. I've been trying to create new pages, but my attempts don't appear in the Edit box (bottom right window). My old settings / databases work fine. Is there a glitch, or is it me? Tried in both Excel (csv) and Open Calc (csv file); and on both accounts, some fields appear in the edit box and some don't. Has it anything to do with Reg Ex having been turned on, or could it be a Module? It may, of course be AWB! Many thanks. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 19:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi @Llywelyn2000:, I just tested. Works fine for me. I am able to see the changes on the edit box. You can try downloading the latest versions of both AWB and the plugin. If it does not work, post some sample data for me. — Ganeshk (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Bore da / good morning! I've created this page here for your kind attention. Many thanks. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 06:06, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi @Llywelyn2000:, I was pleasantly surprised to hear that someone actually uses my WoRMS plugin. :) I have fixed the issues with saving the settings and released a new version. Please download the new version of the WoRMS plugin and let me know if the problems persist with the CSVLoader. Thanks. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:55, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
I've just done that; thanks. But the plugin used in the above project is CSVLoader. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 06:02, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

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Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Great American Wiknic 2014 - Atlanta

I'd like to invite you to add an Atlanta event for the Great American Wiknic. This year we're aiming to coalesce nationally around July 6, but any date that is convenient to your local community works as well. And don't be shy about putting something preliminary on the national Wiknic page, it all helps!--Pharos (talk) 19:51, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi Ganesh! The Atlanta area Wiknic page has been started for thisyear, and you are invited to sign up at Wikipedia:Meetup/Atlanta/Atlanta 8.--Pharos (talk) 15:42, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

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Technical help for sa.wikipdia

Hi ! I am an editor of sa.wikipedia. I am from Gujarat India. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore7 this page I knew about you. You may a person who gives your efforts to wikipedia at Bangalore. I want much more guidance of technical thing in sa.wikipedia. Please if you can come to Gujarat at Ahmedabad we want to learn about how to get bot, importer, admin rights. Please help us once. We are a group in which we have 5 or 6 persons. But only I am knowing little bit and others are not so familiar with technical work of wikipedia. Please help us. Thank you. NehalDaveND (talk) 13:09, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

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Help in finding something

Dear Ganesh, Great Remover of Obstacles. Sometime within the last two or three months I had a conversation on someone's talk page who had contacted me because I had edited a lot of articles about California beaches. That editor had encouraged me to look out for new images and sometimes new articles about beaches, mostly in California and elsewhere on the West Coast which include an image of a beach (often with a cloudy sky) with a man posed with his back to the camera in a certain way. The uploader is a person who (over time) using multiple accounts to upload numerous different images like this -- it is all part of a so-called "art project" which he actually described on a/his web page. To me this is vandalism. I found a new one today but now, for the life of me, I cannot remember where to find the discussion we had about this. Do you have any idea how I could find this again? Invertzoo (talk) 01:15, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

I realize it may have been on Commons. It was sometime in June I think. Invertzoo (talk) 01:54, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

I think I have found the right person now. Invertzoo (talk) 12:58, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Yup, i have all the infoI need now Ganesh, so please ignore this whole post. Hope everything is good with you. Invertzoo (talk) 14:36, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-32

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News updates

  • Tech News will be presented at the Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [1]
  • You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files. [2] [3] [4]
  • You can now download an update to the archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files. [5]
  • New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file. [6] [7]

VisualEditor news

Future software changes

  • You will soon have a user option to watch pages where you revert edits. [19] [20]
  • All Toolserver data will be deleted in September. If you want to back up your data, contact Toolserver administrators before August 31. [21]
  • Pages in the Translations: namespace on wikis using the Translate extension will no longer be indexed by search engines. [22]

Problems

  • Wikivoyage wikis were broken for about 45 minutes on July 29 due to a configuration problem. [23]
  • Some users were not able to log in on test wikis and MediaWiki.org between July 31 and August 1. The problem is now fixed. [24]

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07:37, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [25]
  • Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge two accounts into one. [26]

VisualEditor news

  • Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14. [27]

Future software changes

  • Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser! [28] [29] [30]
  • If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page instead of seeing a warning. [31] [32]
  • You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate extension. [33] [34]
  • An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [35]

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07:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf17) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 21 (calendar).
  • There is a new protection level called superprotection. At the moment, only some Wikimedia Foundation employees have access to it. Administrators can't edit "superprotected" pages. [36] [37] [38]
  • You can now create empty pages directly. A message asks you to confirm that you want to create an empty page. [39] [40]
  • You can search for Wikimedia tools using a new list of tools. [41]
  • You can watch the first videos from Wikimania 2014. Some of them are about technical topics. More videos will come later.

Wikidata

  • After August 19, you can use Wikidata for inter language links on Wikinews. [42]
  • After August 19, you can use Wikidata for badges like "good" or "featured" articles. Next week, you will be able to show the badges in the article sidebar on Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiquote. [43]

Problems

  • There was an issue with ProofreadPage and WikiEditor on Wikisource wikis. It is now fixed. [44] [45]

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07:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Good job, I may need help understanding on how to use this site but I have noticed a lot of stuff missing on certain pages. Had a look what you have been doing and looks like you have been a member for a very long time. How do you get all the badges and things? Matthew AdamFrancis (talk) 10:35, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

VisualEditor news

  • There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed. [46]
  • You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages. [47]
  • If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor. [48] [49] [50]

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar).
  • After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript and CSS page. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page. [51]

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09:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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Yes, still problems with my log in!

Hello Ganesh, I wonder if you have any suggestions about this problem. Just in the last couple of days, every single time I try to get onto Wikipedia I have to log in again and even chose a new password. I have not done anything that would erase all my cookies. Cookies are working on other sites, so I don't know why the problem is only on here, and on Wikimedia Commons. Any ideas what is going on and how I should fix it? Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 13:05, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

This morning the login problem solved itself for a while, but now it is back again, every time I go onto either Wikipedia or Commons, it's very annoying. Any suggestions? Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 23:13, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi @Invertzoo:, this looks like a MediaWiki issue than a cookie issue. Not sure what the problem is. I have not looked, but there should be a page to report technical issues. I would suggest trying different browsers to see if problem the persists. — Ganeshk (talk) 14:27, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
Thanks Ganesh. Right now it is good again, but I don't know if it will stay that way. If it goes on the blink again I will try Firefox. Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 18:16, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata. [52] [53]
  • You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search. [54] [55]
  • A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog". [56] [57]
  • If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [58]

VisualEditor news

  • You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [59]
  • We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [60] [61] [62]
  • VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook. [63]
  • We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [64]
  • You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [65]

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).
  • There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in #wikimedia-office at freenode. [66]
  • You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too. [67]
  • You can test a new version of the tool to show math. It uses MathML. Report bugs in bugzilla.
  • You will no longer be able to upload images from the mobile site. [68]

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

VisualEditor news

  • From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [69] [70] [71]

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf20) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 9, and on all Wikipedias on September 11 (calendar).
  • You will soon confirm a "Thanks" inline instead of in a dialog. [72]
  • You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs. [73]

Problems

  • There were problems with JavaScript and CSS on Friday, September 5 because of a code error.

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09:33, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Replacing whole sentences using csv loader.

Hi. Could you please take a look at the latest replacement here. Many thanks! Llywelyn2000 (talk) 15:49, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-38

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

  • You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the mw-disambig CSS class. [74] [75]
  • There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [76] [77] [78]
  • New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [79]

Problems

  • There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [80]

VisualEditor news

  • If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [81]
  • The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [82] [83]
  • You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for. [84]

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
  • These changes are coming with the new version:
    • If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [85] [86] [87]

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

Problems

  • There was a problem on the English Wikipedia on September 19. It was due to edits on a template used on many pages.
  • Sites were down for users in the Pacific area around 7:00 UTC on September 20. It was due to a problem in the San Francisco data center.
  • There were two bad bugs messing up articles in some browsers in VisualEditor. We fixed the bugs and updated the sites. [89] [90]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf22) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 23, and on all Wikipedias on September 25 (calendar).
  • If you have more than 2000 notifications, the oldest ones will be removed.[91] [92]
  • In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender. [93] [94]
  • The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing. [95]
  • The "Cancel" button of the VisualEditor save window is now called "Resume editing". This shows that you can still edit and you won't lose your changes. [96]
  • There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for code and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough. [97] [98]
  • In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening. [99]

Future site changes

  • You can see a plan for the move to Phabricator. It's the new tool to track bugs. A guided tour will be done via video on September 24. [100]

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09:05, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Pingali venkayya.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Pingali venkayya.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 19:37, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

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Recent software changes

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
  • Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [104] [105]
  • You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [106]
  • If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [107] [108]
  • The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [109]

Future changes

  • You can watch a video showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla.
  • JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed. [110]

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File source problem with File:Pingali venkayya.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:Pingali venkayya.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please refer to the image use policy to learn what images you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. Please also check any other files you have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 13:53, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

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